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To effectuate positive change in the lives of youth, particularly those in underserved communities, by providing resources, innovative opportunities, and experiences that will help them succeed in life and become contributing members of their communities.

The Frontline Project, Inc. (FLiP) is a faith based mission driven nonprofit (501c3) organization comprised of parents, clergy and community leaders.

Colorado Flash Baseball is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization formed in April 2013 with the mission of facilitating a positive competitive tournament baseball experience at a reasonable price for players and their families. In partnership with our volunteer coaches, we aim to ensure that our youth athletes are provided an enjoyable, challenging, and safe baseball experience. We are a player-centered organization that strives to nurture the physical and emotional well-being of all youth athletes in an environment that fosters and promotes a sense of community and volunteerism. We are guided by the values of good sportsmanship, honesty, respect for all individuals, personal integrity, and the spirit of “paying it forward. ” Colorado Flash Baseball is committed to the long-term growth and development of our players, so the future success of our organization will be measured both by how our athletes play the game of baseball and also by how our families contribute to the community around them.

Prevention First was incorporated in 1967 as the Central Jersey council on alcoholism. Over the years, the focus changed to the prevention of alcohol abuse and expanded to include other drugs and other forms of abuse (dating/relationship abuse, gang violence and bullying). To best reflect what the agency does and emphasize its importance, the name was ultimately changed to Prevention First. In 2013, we became an affiliate of preferred behavioral health group. Prevention First’s services are targeted to those in grades K–12 and provided during and after school by a staff of professional educators who are dedicated to the success of their students. Programs are proven, age-specific and include the tools, skills and support necessary for students to develop and maintain healthy, abuse-free relationships and lives. In addition, Prevention First educates parents, caregivers, businesses, law enforcement and community groups, provides on-site and online training for school personnel, conferences and workshops for prevention professionals and programs implemented through community outreach and the prevention coalition of Monmouth county.

The Urban Farm at Stapleton provides experiential learning and practical work experience to young people in a farm setting. Our purpose is to inspire excitement for learning while fostering personal confidence, resilience, teamwork, and real-world problem solving skills.

My Sistah Taught Me That is a program designed for the development, encouragement, inspiration and education of young girls with special focus on girls growing up in single parent homes without their father.

B.E.S.T. Youth help their Oak Park neighbors building empowerment skills today B.E.S.T. A subsidiary WM development. We believe one of the critical ways to stop violence and crime in our communities is by exposing underserved youth to activities, which bolster their job experience, give them a sense of self-worth and keep them off the streets. The Oak Park community that we serve is riddled with deprivation, crime and a sense of isolation. Our program recruits youth, ages twelve to eighteen, from the Oak Park area. Our program is a three-week, three-day-a week, summer youth development non-profit organization, paying the youth a $20.00 a-day stipend.

V-ELMS' mission is to assess, evaluate and mentor underserved 8 to 18 year olds to achieve 'life-long goals' in their personal, educational and future career lives.

We conserve the environment through outreach, restoration, and education. Fishin’ Buddies! believes in the emotional and psychological restorative powers of the outdoors. We believe it is important to expose this philosophy to children who’s ideal of the “great outdoors” as being the grass-less, glass strewn, debris filled, concrete and steel playgrounds of urban America.

Friends of Outdoor School is dedicated to preserving the Outdoor School (ODS) experience for all Oregon students regardless of a student's ability, experience, income or family background. We do this by raising funds, gathering volunteers, and building community partnerships on behalf of outdoor school.

The mission of Joyful Mind Project, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is to increase the well-being of youth, families, and school communities through the practice of secular mindfulness. With a whole-child perspective, Joyful Mind Project offers mindfulness education to schools and families in Sonoma County and the surrounding area. Program content includes the mindful schools curriculum and traditional contemplative practices adapted for broader secular use. Attunement to seasonal rhythms is also utilized to help foster consistent practice beginning in early childhood and as prevention of health-risk behavior in adolescence.

The Growing Leaders Initiative is a 501c3 organization that exists to provide habitudes (character-based, student-leadership development) to schools that cannot afford to purchase programs for their students. In both urban and rural environments, students are confined emotionally, behaviorally, and spiritually. In some places, students never leave a 9-block radius or a 9-mile radius from their home. They don’t leave the familiar because they’re never given the opportunity. We want to change that. We want to broaden their vision, and help them take bigger risks, think bigger thoughts, and pursue bigger goals. We want to enable them to become the best version of themselves.